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Athene cunicularia
Ave de pequeno porte, seu tamanho médio é de 23 cm. Possui a cabeça redonda, sem penachos e os olhos estão dispostos lado a lado, num mesmo plano. As sobrancelhas são brancas e os olhos amarelos. A coloração é cor de terra, mimética, podendo apresentar plumagem em tons de ferrugem causada por solos de terra roxa. Ao contrário da maioria das corujas o macho é ligeiramente maior que a fêmea e as fêmeas são normalmente mais escuras que os machos. Tem vôo suave e silencioso. Hail small, their average size is 23 cm. The head is round, and the eyes without tufts are arranged side by side in a same plane. Eyebrows are white and yellow eyes. The color is the color of earth, mimetic, and may have feathers in shades of rust caused by red earth soils. Unlike most of the male owls is slightly larger than the female and females are usually darker than males. It has smooth and silent flight.
Spotted on Mar 25, 2012
Submitted on May 8, 2012
4 Comments
Muito fofa!!!
Precioso los ojos muy buena
Thanks, Willie, for your kindness! I will edit with your text!
For those who do not speak or read spanish, but can read english, I will offer the best translation I am able to give of its discription, it reads as follows:
Hail small, their average size is 23 cm. The head is round, and the eyes without tufts are arranged side by side in a same plane. Eyebrows are white and yellow eyes. The color is the color of earth, mimetic, and may have feathers in shades of rust caused by red earth soils. Unlike most of the male owls is slightly larger than the female and females are usually darker than males. It has smooth and silent flight.